Here, in a highly readable style, is a lively chronicle of the Navajo people from prehistory to 1868. It is a sympathetic history of a great people who depended on their tenacity and creative adaptability to survive troubled times. The hardships and rewards of early band life, encounters with the Pueblos that revolutionized Navajo culture, the adversity of Spanish colonization, the expansion of Navajo land, the tragic cycle of peace and war with the Spanish, Mexican, and American forces, the Navajo leaders' long quest to keep their people secure, the disaster of imprisonment at Fort Sumner--all combine to express the relevancy of Navajo history to their people today. This book with its extensive archival illustrations and photographs weaves a complex but understandable story in which Navajos changed the future of the Southwestern United States.
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Dinetah is a lively chronicle of the Navajo people from prehistory to 1868. It is a sympathetic history of a great people who depended on their tenacity and creative adaptability to survive troubled times. The hardships and rewards of early band life, encounters with the Pueblos that revolutionized Navajo culture, the adversity of Spanish colonization, the expansion of Navajo land, the tragic cycle of peace and war with the Spanish, Mexican, and American forces, the Navajo leaders long quiet to keep their people secure, the disaster of imprisonment at Fort Sumner -- all combine to express the relevance of Navajo history to their people today. Dinetah is enhanced with extensive archival illustrations and photographs that help to weave a complex but understandable story in which Navajos changed the future of the American Southwestern. Dinetah is a highly recommended addition to all Native American studies reading lists. -- Midwest Book Review
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Lawrence D. Sundberg taught for many years among the Navajo in Arizona and has a solid background in not only education and curriculum development, but in Navajo history, language and culture. He has also created materials for Navajo students in Navajo literacy, Navajo as a second language, and Navajo culture and ethnohistory. Mr. Sundberg holds a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from California State University, Fullerton, and a master's degree in Bilingual Education from Northern Arizona University.
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There are different stories about the first Navajo people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
old headman, other headmen, photographer unknown, peace meeting, enemy raids Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Mexico, New Mexican, Zarcillos Largos, Mount Taylor, Fort Defiance, Fort Sumner, Bosque Redondo, Canyon de Chelly, Chuska Mountains, General Carleton, Chuska Navajos, United States, Bear Springs, Kit Carson, Pueblo Indians, Antonio Sandoval, Colonel Washington, Fort Wingate, General Sherman, Rio Grande Valley, Colonel Doniphan, Rio Grande River, Rope Thrower, Fortress Rock, Henry Dodge New!
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There are different stories about the first Navajo people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
old headman, other headmen, photographer unknown, peace meeting, enemy raids Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Mexico, New Mexican, Zarcillos Largos, Mount Taylor, Fort Defiance, Fort Sumner, Bosque Redondo, Canyon de Chelly, Chuska Mountains, General Carleton, Chuska Navajos, United States, Bear Springs, Kit Carson, Pueblo Indians, Antonio Sandoval, Colonel Washington, Fort Wingate, General Sherman, Rio Grande Valley, Colonel Doniphan, Rio Grande River, Rope Thrower, Fortress Rock, Henry Dodge New!
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- The Leading Facts of New Mexican History by Ralph Emerson Twitchell on page 12, page 44, and Back Matter
- New Mexico (Portrait of America) by Kathleen Thompson on page 64, and Back Matter
- The Army and the Navajo by Gerald Thompson on page 64, and Back Matter
- North American Indians by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Navajo Language: A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary by Robert W. Young in Back Matter
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